Brazen Chariots: An Account of Tank Warfare in the Western Desert, November-December, 1941A tank officer's story of the desert war in North Africa, Brazen Chariots is one of the most widely praised war books ever published. Major Robert Crisp recounts Operation Crusader, the great tank battle waged against Rommel's Afrika Korps on the borders of Egypt. |
Contents
Foreword | 9 |
First Day | 29 |
Fourth Day | 46 |
Sixth Day | 67 |
Seventh Day | 91 |
Eighth Day | 104 |
Tenth Day | 118 |
Eleventh Day | 134 |
Fourteenth Day | 148 |
Seventeenth Day | 163 |
TwentyFirst and TwentySecond Days | 178 |
TwentyThird to TwentyEighth Day | 185 |
The Last Day | 203 |
The Days After | 215 |
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Brazen Chariots: An Account of Tank Warfare in the Western Desert, November ... Robert Crisp No preview available - 1959 |
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